Welcome to our newest member - Julie Bunke!

Julie Bunke was born in Grand Haven and raised in Fruitport graduating from Fruitport High School in 1991. She went on to attend Muskegon Community College, Central Michigan University and graduated from Eastern Michigan University with a Master’s degree in Museum Studies. She has been employed in the museum field for over 20 years and started her career right here at the Tri-Cities Historical Museum, she worked for 15 years at the Director of the St. Charles Heritage Center before returning to the Tri-Cities Museum in April of 2017 as the Director. She has been married for 20 years to Kirk Bunke and they have two boys, William and Andrew.